I was developing an AIR application recently and wanted to validate the email credentials of the user.

I searched a lot and could not get any component, library or code snippet available to do this in Flash/Flex/AIR.

So, I thought of developing a small library of my own and sharing it with the community. And here it is…

IMAP/POP Email Validator

This is a small set of class library which Flex/AIR developers can use to validate any IMAP or POP email logins. This does NOT use Coldfusion or LCDS server in the backend. This connects to given IMAP/POP server using Flash Socket and executes required commands to validate the login.

Due to cross domain restrictions in Flash Player, when this application is hosted on any domain other than mail server’s domain, a “crossdomain.xml” file needs to be configured and kept on the mail server.

But, this issue does not come in AIR based applications and Flex applications that are running locally.

So, grab a copy, check out the samples and try it with your Intranet/Internet apps..

Hi there, I'm Srinivas Annam, a Tech Savvy living in Bangalore, India. I'm a RIA lover in general and I like Flash, Flex, AIR & UI designing in particular. I'm working as Lead Software Engineer in Flex development team at Adobe, Bangalore.